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Vooru Panduga is observed on first Sunday at Nizamabad during
the waning phase of moon in Ashada month (July – August) as per traditional
Hindu lunar calendar followed in Telangana. People of the region organize it for
a good harvest in the coming year. It is also observed for peace, prosperity
and good health. in 2015, Vooru Panduga date is August 2.
In Vooru Panduga, new murtis (idols) of Mother Goddess are
created and installed at Goddess Saradamba temple in Nizamabad.
The murtis are carved out of mango tree wood.
The carving of murtis begin on the Tuesday before the Sunday
when the festival is held. On Tuesday, village servants pour bandaru on
streets.
Village servants known as Kamdars receive the murti from the
carpenters on Saturday.
The murtis are then placed at the altar of Goddess Saradamb,
at the footsteps of Indur fort in Nizamabad.
On Sunday, the murtis are taken in a huge procession around
the town. Thousands of devotees gather to witness the procession.
During the fest…

Goddess Kalika is a manifestation of Mother Goddess Shakti.
She is believed to be Uma or Goddess Parvati. Her story is found in the Kalika
Purana. Legend has it that Goddess Kalika performed intense meditation and
austerity for several years to get Shiva as Her husband.

Goddess Kalika was a reincarnation of Goddess Sati, Shiva’s
wife who self immolated at Daksha Yajna.

In her reincarnation, Goddess Kalika was the daughter of
Menaka and Himalaya, the king of mountains.

Sage Narada informed Kalika about her true identity and
asked her to take only Shiva as her husband.
He asked her to chant the mantra ‘Om
Namah Shivaya’ and constantly meditate on Shiva.

Kalika told her parents her intention to marry Shiva and her
decision to go to forest and perform austerities.

The parents had to reluctantly accept her decision.

It is said that so intense was Goddess Kalika’s meditation
that she wore tree bark for clothing, and ate only fruit, later only leaves
fallen from trees. She meditated upon S…

Kalkandu is widely used in Hindu pujas and rituals. Kalkandu
is the Tamil name of English Candy Sugar. So what is the Hindi name of Kalkandu?
Many readers wanted to know this.
Kalkandu is known as Khadi Sakhar in Hindi.

In North India, Khadi Sakhar is used in preparing food. It is
rarely used in pujas.

Once there lived a Pauranika – a person who gives religious
discourse. He was considered an expert with regard to discourse on the Bhagavad
Purana. This also led to him having an inflated ego.
The Pauranika once approached the King of Benaras, which was
then considered to be the highest seat of learning, and told him that while he
had given discourses in several courts, he had one desire left, that of giving
a discourse in the Benaras King’s court.
The king was very pleased, but got down from this throne
and, with folded hands, told him how it would be a great honour for him to
listen to him but could the Pauranika please read the Bhagavad Purana once more
before starting his discourse?
The Pauranika was angry but as his anger would be of little
avail in the presence of the king, he had no option but to go back and read the
epic once again.
As he did so, he found deeper meanings in the various
passages.
His anger evaporated as he realized that the king had good
reason to make the sug…

Goddess Kali symbolically represents the fierce
manifestation that Mother Earth can unleash when Adharma spreads on earth. It is
impossible to describe or define Her. In general belief and popular stories,
Goddess Kali is the most terrible and malignant form of Goddess Shakti or Durga
or Goddess Parvati. Information about Goddess Kali is mainly found in the
Puranas and Devi Mahatmya.

Goddess Kali is worshipped independently throughout India.
She is widely worshipped in Bengal and eastern parts of India. In South India,
she is known as Bhadrakali.

Goddess Kali is also believed to be time that devours
everything.

The popular belief is that Goddess Kali appeared from the
forehead of Goddess Durga while She was fighting demons Chanda and Munda.

She is also one of the Dasa Mahavidyas that Goddess Sati
created at the infamous Daksha Yajna in which Sati self immolated.

She is the consort of the Mahakala form of Shiva.

Goddess Kali is generally depicted as having long ragged
hair, fang li…

Kalavikarni is a manifestation of Mother Goddess Shakti. It
is believed that Goddess Kalavikarnika is one of the eight goddesses that
appeared to help Paramasiva (Shiva) in creating the universe.
She is one of the eight aspects of Shiva and are residents
of pure regions or Suddhabhuvanas.
Goddess Kalavikarni is also included in the list of
Goddesses who are referred as Suddhasuddhatatvas – mainly meaning purest of the
purest regions.
Goddess Kalavikarni is also mentioned in the puranas as a
fever goddess. Nothing much in detail is given about this aspect. She holds a
skull as a cup.

Aged elephants in Kerala will soon get an old-age home – a
geriatric centre. The Travancore Devaswom Board (TDB), which manages a large
number of Hindu Temples in southern Kerala including the SabarimalaAyyappaTemple, will set up the
geriatric care centre. DNA reports Temple
elephants, suffering from various age-related ailments, will be shifted to the
geriatric care centre and given special care and treatment under trained
mahouts and veterinarians. Kerala is home to a large number of captive
elephants in India.
"The geriatric care centre is planned to be set
up in Thiruvananthapuram or in central Kerala. We are planning to shift aged
elephants, kept at TDB temples, to the new centre. They will be given scientific
care and upkeep there," Devaswom Commissioner P Venugopal said.

Krishna Mangalam is dedicated to Bhagavan Sri Krishna. You
can find the link to the Krishna Mangalam Lyrics in Hindi in pdf format below.
The prayer is chanted daily morning and evening for attaining peace and
prosperity. The document in pdf in Hindi language is provided by Sundar Kidambi
of prapatti.

Mannarpolur Temple, also known as Azhagu Mallari
Krishnaswami Temple, is an ancient shrine located at Mannarpolur 3 km west of
Sullurpeta in Nellore District of Andhra Pradesh. Located on the banks of
Kalindi River, the 10th century shrine is associated with the famous Syamantaka
Mani incident in the Srimad Bhagavad Purana. Sri Krishna is worshipped along
with Jambavathi as his consort and this makes the temple unique.

Legend has it that the fight for Syamantaka Mani between Sri
Krishna took place here.
In the main sanctum sanctorum, Bhagavan Sri Krishna is
worshipped along with Satyabhama and Jambavathi. The dwarpalakas of the main
sanctum sanctorum are Sugriva and Jambhavan.
Just outside the main sanctum sanctorum, there is a murti of
Lord Venkateswara.
There is a separate shrine dedicated to Rukmini who is
worshipped here as Soundaravalli Thayar.
There is a very important subsidiary shrine dedicated to Sri
Rama, Sita and Lakshmana along Hanuman.
There are two dwajasthambams (flag …

Life does not listen to your logic; it goes on its own way,
undisturbed. You have to listen to life.
It is your fear that makes you a slave.
A man who is fearless is neither afraid of anybody nor makes
anybody afraid of him. Fear totally disappears.
A person who is alive, really alive, vitally alive, will
always move into the unknown.
Heart is the future; heart is always the hope, heart is
always somewhere in the future.
Basically courage is risking the known for the unknown, the
familiar for the unfamiliar and the comfortable for the uncomfortable.Osho